1972 Spartanburg Phillies Statistics

Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 89-43
Finished 1st in the WCL
Manager: Bob Wellman (89-43)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina
Ballpark: Duncan Park
Attendance: 57,431, Avg. 870

1972 Spartanburg Phillies Roster

Playoffs - Spartanburg Phillies 2 games, Greenville Rangers 1

The Spartanburg Phillies of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1972 season with a record of 89 wins and 43 losses, finishing first in the WCL.

The Phillies scored 723 runs, best in the league. Spartanburg gave up 499 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. William Piantek led the team with 16 home runs Jerry Martin drove in 112 runs and topped batters with significant playing time with a .316 average. Donald Kreke paced the squad with 15 wins, while Terry Periman recorded a 1.99 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1972 Spartanburg Phillies who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Fred Andrews, Jerry Martin and Roy Thomas.

Bob Wellman served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Donald Kreke	15	7	.682	3.14	27	27		13	2	0	198.0	186	75	69	10	71	4	187	7	0	5
Chuck Kniffin	13	1	.929	2.11	18	17		11	3	0	132.0	107	35	31	2	38	1	100	1	0	3
Larry Kiser	12	3	.800	3.30	18	18		6	1	0	131.0	125	66	48	4	64	3	113	4	1	13
Terry Periman	11	3	.786	1.99	27	16		8	3	2	122.0	100	39	27	4	45	5	85	0	2	3
Roy Thomas	11	7	.611	3.43	24	24		5	1	0	152.0	128	67	58	8	62	4	128	6	1	10
Murray Gage-Cole	7	6	.538	2.25	55	0		0	0	17	64.0	52	25	16	2	22	2	71	3	0	3
Bo Quiroga	6	6	.500	5.86	15	15		2	0	0	83.0	102	59	54	4	49	1	50	0	0	10
William Slinker	4	3	.571	3.65	31	3		0	0	1	69.0	70	39	28	3	43	5	35	3	0	7
James Sloan	3	1	.750	5.00	18	0		0	0	1	27.0	26	17	15	2	18	2	16	0	0	5
Michael Whalin	3	4	.429	5.43	16	6		2	1	1	53.0	49	33	32	2	25	1	33	1	1	2
Jerry Messerly	2	2	.500	3.00	13	0		0	0	5	18.0	19	10	6	1	13	2	16	2	0	7
Fred Thomason	1	0	1.000	0.60	7	0		0	0	1	15.0	9	1	1	0	4	1	9	0	0	1
Jerome Johnson	1	0	1.000	4.50	13	6		1	0	1	42.0	43	33	21	2	36	0	32	1	0	8
Totals	89	43	.674	3.30	282	132	0	48	11	29	1106.0	1016	499	406	44	490	31	875	28	5	77	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Jerry Martin	132	572	513	86	162	30	6	12	112	21	1	51	96	.316	.374	.468	.842	240		1	0	7
Stephen Bissett	128	586	468	105	133	24	6	4	41	24	7	107	38	.284	.419	.387	.806	181		3	6	2
William Piantek	126	529	430	74	109	21	2	16	77	5	1	79	97	.253	.382	.423	.805	182		13	3	4
Billy Anderson	122	487	395	74	108	21	5	6	63	2	1	81	89	.273	.398	.397	.796	157		5	0	6
Fred Andrews	92	417	365	67	103	15	3	3	43	20	4	36	44	.282	.347	.364	.712	133		3	8	5
Russell Klobas	83	300	254	46	81	19	0	6	48	6	2	38	35	.319	.406	.465	.871	118		2	2	4
Ernest Gonzalez	80	321	280	48	78	12	3	2	37	15	6	38	46	.279	.364	.364	.729	102		1	0	2
David Landers	87	290	224	50	54	12	5	4	39	6	3	54	58	.241	.394	.393	.787	88		6	1	5
Gary Rios	56	208	145	32	37	9	0	5	30	0	0	59	45	.255	.471	.421	.892	61		1	2	1
John Dusenbury	40	123	108	15	33	5	1	3	21	0	0	9	12	.306	.358	.454	.811	49		2	0	4
James Kelly	56	196	164	22	31	3	0	10	36	0	0	29	64	.189	.313	.390	.703	64		1	1	1
Bruce Butler	30	112	77	18	23	5	0	1	19	0	0	33	21	.299	.509	.403	.912	31		1	0	1
Tommie Bozich	34	136	128	15	21	1	0	1	9	0	0	5	21	.164	.194	.195	.389	25		0	2	1
Richard Giallella	19	79	66	9	18	2	0	0	3	5	3	12	10	.273	.392	.303	.695	20		1	0	0
Larry Kiser	18	64	59	7	15	4	0	0	6	0	0	4	13	.254	.302	.322	.624	19		0	1	0
Kevin Bryant	25	82	74	6	15	3	0	0	5	0	0	6	19	.203	.268	.243	.512	18		1	0	1
Terry Periman	29	55	52	5	13	2	0	0	4	0	0	3	16	.250	.291	.288	.579	15		0	0	0
Rocky Skalisky	18	70	59	11	11	2	0	0	8	3	1	10	20	.186	.314	.220	.535	13		1	0	0
Chuck Kniffin	18	58	48	5	10	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	15	.208	.283	.229	.512	11		0	5	0
Roy Thomas	24	66	59	7	10	1	0	0	3	0	0	6	28	.169	.246	.186	.433	11		0	1	0
Thomas Higgins	9	32	30	2	8	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	3	.267	.312	.367	.679	11		1	0	0
Michael Whalin	16	19	19	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.263	.263	.263	.526	5		0	0	0
Harold Pidgeon	14	42	28	6	5	0	0	0	3	0	1	12	11	.179	.415	.179	.593	5		0	1	1
Bo Quiroga	15	37	30	3	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	7	.167	.219	.200	.419	6		0	5	0
Donald Kreke	27	84	71	3	4	1	0	0	4	0	0	6	50	.056	.141	.070	.211	5		1	6	0
Malcolm Smoot	9	29	25	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	7	.120	.241	.160	.401	4		0	0	0
Jerry Messerly	14	9	7	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	.286	.375	.429	.804	3		0	1	0
Jerome Johnson	13	16	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.154	.267	.154	.421	2		0	1	0
Fred Thomason	7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	0	0
William Slinker	31	20	16	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.062	.167	.062	.229	1		0	2	0
James Sloan	18	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Murray Gage-Cole	55	12	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.111	.000	.111	0		0	3	0
Totals	1445	5057	4221	723	1101	196	31	74	627	107	30	696	894	.261	.368	.375	.742	1581	0	44	51	45	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
William Piantek	1B	121	1009	48	16	93	.985	8.736
Bruce Butler	1B	5	55	0	0	1	1.000	11.000
Kevin Bryant	1B	4	28	5	0	3	1.000	8.250
Russell Klobas	1B	3	31	2	1	6	.971	11.000
John Dusenbury	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Stephen Bissett	2B	127	306	345	17	83	.975	5.126
Russell Klobas	2B	4	6	12	0	3	1.000	4.500
Fred Andrews	2B	3	4	6	1	2	.909	3.333
Billy Anderson	3B	115	91	246	15	22	.957	2.930
Russell Klobas	3B	8	5	9	2	0	.875	1.750
Thomas Higgins	3B	7	5	12	1	3	.944	2.429
Kevin Bryant	3B	6	5	8	1	2	.929	2.167
Gary Rios	C	51	345	33	10	1	.974	7.412	23
James Kelly	C	51	331	22	9	3	.975	6.922	5
John Dusenbury	C	25	150	9	5	0	.970	6.360	5
Malcolm Smoot	C	9	77	7	2	1	.977	9.333	4
Jerry Martin	OF	132	186	15	8	2	.962	1.523
Ernest Gonzalez	OF	74	126	11	6	1	.958	1.851
David Landers	OF	72	112	1	2	0	.983	1.569
Russell Klobas	OF	52	58	2	2	1	.968	1.154
Bruce Butler	OF	22	20	0	1	0	.952	.909
Richard Giallella	OF	19	45	1	0	0	1.000	2.421
Rocky Skalisky	OF	18	24	1	2	0	.926	1.389
Harold Pidgeon	OF	10	9	0	0	0	1.000	.900
Kevin Bryant	OF	8	5	1	0	0	1.000	.750
John Dusenbury	OF	5	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.200
William Piantek	OF	4	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.750
Murray Gage-Cole	P	55	1	10	0	1	1.000	.200
William Slinker	P	31	3	10	2	2	.867	.419
Terry Periman	P	27	1	20	2	0	.913	.778
Donald Kreke	P	27	8	33	1	1	.976	1.519
Roy Thomas	P	24	11	24	3	3	.921	1.458
James Sloan	P	18	2	4	0	0	1.000	.333
Chuck Kniffin	P	18	5	19	2	2	.923	1.333
Larry Kiser	P	18	6	24	1	0	.968	1.667
Michael Whalin	P	16	3	6	4	1	.692	.562
Bo Quiroga	P	15	7	17	1	2	.960	1.600
Jerry Messerly	P	13	2	1	0	0	1.000	.231
Jerome Johnson	P	13	3	6	0	0	1.000	.692
Fred Thomason	P	7	0	2	1	0	.667	.286
Fred Andrews	SS	91	130	268	34	58	.921	4.374
Tommie Bozich	SS	33	43	107	14	15	.915	4.545
Russell Klobas	SS	11	11	24	2	5	.946	3.182
Billy Anderson	SS	4	5	7	0	1	1.000	3.000
Totals		1377	3288	1378	168	318	.965	3.389	37	0	0

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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